(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has said that he will not commiserate with Pastor Enoch Adeboye over son’s death because he did not back yoruba nation agitation. Igboho disclosed this in a video that has since gone viral on Saturday. According to Igboho, anybody of Adeboye’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 15 people were killed in a landslide at a gold mine in the West African nation of Guinea, according to officials. The Tatakourou mine collapsed on Saturday, killing the miners instantly, said Sekou Biniou Simagan, a local councillor. On Sunday, rescuers were still digging through the rubbles, searching for survivors. […]
(AFRICAN EXXAMINER) – Labour’s Sadiq Khan has won a second term as London’s mayor, beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey. He won 55.2% of the popular vote, after entering a run-off with Mr Bailey when neither managed to secure a majority in the first round of voting. The former MP became the first Muslim mayor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Kogi Chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Wakili Damina, who was allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday, has been released. The state Secretary of the association, Mr Adamu Abubakar told newsmen in Lokoja on Saturday that Damina was released in Abuja late night of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex northern socio-cultural body, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed reservations about paying money to secure abductees. The body expressed its feelings in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Forum, Mr Emmanuel Yawe, on Saturday in Kaduna. The Forum, however, thanked Nigerians who risked their lives in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amb. Zubair Dada, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has assured that Nigerians in the Diaspora would soon be able to vote from their countries of residence. He gave the assurance at a webinar organised by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Saturday. The minister said the Federal Government was working with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool did keep their faint top-four hopes alive on Saturday, but the unconvincing manner of their victory does not bode well for their 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League aspirations. Jurgen Klopp’s side stumbled over the line for only a second league win at Anfield in 2021 in beating Southampton 2-0. It was all […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has rewarded 10 of its loyal customers with a total sum of N10m in the quarterly draws of the ongoing UBA Savings Promo. This promo, which is held every quarter, is intended to appreciate loyal customers of the bank, who have stayed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legal icon Afe Babalola on Friday debunked allegations that his planned peace conference is contrary to the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria’s unity. He asserted that the summit will instead find ways out of the current national challenges. The nonagenarian said this in a goodwill message at the foundation-laying ceremony […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) says Nigeria will “become ungovernable” if the federal government continues to ignore criticisms and recommendations. The clergies disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday as they tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to address the country concerning his effort in tackling insecurity. The statement, which was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, D’banj has been named captain of the racing Nigeria motorsport team ahead of the Federation International de l’ Automobile (FIA) World Championships in October. The award-winning musician was unveiled on Friday at a ceremony in Abuja attended by motorsport personalities including Mahdi Mohammed, the deputy governor of Zamfara. Ishaku Bamaiyi, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Saturday launched another attack on Odoro Ikpe Police Station, in Ini LGA of Akwa Ibom State, killing six officers on duty. It was gathered that the attack occurred in the early hours of Saturday when people were still sleeping. Our […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has called on the three tiers of government to participate more and take ownership of HIV/AIDS response. The Director-General of NACA, Dr Gambo Aliyu, made the call at a four-day HIV Media Advocacy and Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Skills Building Workshop, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has pledged to continue its strike until the Federal Government meets its demands. Anderson Ezeibe, ASUP’s National President, disclosed this on Friday at an emergency congress held at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State. African Examiner writes that ASUP had commenced its nationwide strike on April […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Friday night attacked security checkpoints and police stations in Rivers State, with no fewer than seven security operatives feared killed. The hoodlums attacked a police station along the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road in the state. Also, the Rumuji police station in Emuoha Local Government Area was also torched, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Ahmed Umar, Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged passengers to always caution reckless drivers to avoid accidents and fatalities. Umar gave the advice in an interview on Friday in Ota, Ogun, while commiserating with accident victims families. He said the accident which occurred on Thursday along the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-minister of women affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead, the African Examiner has learnt. Reports say she died Friday at a Cairo hospital in Egypt. She was 61 years old. Alhassan contested the Taraba 2015 governorship election under the Platform of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) but lost to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 14 passengers – 11 adults and three children – were on Thursday night burnt to death in an accident around the Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday. African Examiner reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has thanked Nigerians for the outpouring of grief and support from around the world over the death of Pastor Dare Adeboye who died on May 4 in Eket, Akwa Ibom State. African Examiner writes that president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some maritime stakeholders in Lagos has backed the Federal Government’s suspension of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), saying it had the right to hire and fire anyone in its establishment. The stakeholders were reacting to the suspension of the Managing Director of Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza […]
